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Police briefs: Saturday

Belleville police are probing the case of fight early Saturday which injured one man.

Alerted at 2:48 a.m. by an open line on a 911 call, police arrived at a Lake Court address and found the injured man.

Hastings-Quinte paramedics treated him for minor injuries.

“Alcohol was a factor in this incident,” Staff Sgt. Al Portt wrote in a press release. “The investigation is continuing.”

And in another case, police investigating a disturbance at 5:56 a.m. Friday on Henry Street charged a 27-year-old Belleville man with public intoxication and held him in custody for his own protection.

Seven collisions Friday

City police dealt with seven traffic collisions Friday, one of which resulted in minor injuries.

Two vehicles collided at about 9 p.m. in the intersection of Dundas Street East and Church Street.